Thomas Garrett: If we can't pronounce it, do we want to eat it?

7:28 PM,
Feb. 11, 2014

Thomas Garrett

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It's interesting how big food conglomerates are removing artificial and unnatural ingredients from their products.

Kraft has announced it's removing artificial preservatives from its Singles cheese. Last week, Subway revealed it was dropping azodicarbonamide from its bread recipes after a food blogger/crusader pointed out the same ingredient is used in making yoga mats. Yoga mats? Somehow, it's hard to imagine exercising on a yoga mat then making a sandwich with it.

What's interesting is azodicarbonamide is approved as a food additive, or that other artificial ingredients going ...